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Arthur Bertram Blight

Male 1898 - 1936  (37 years)


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  • Name Arthur Bertram Blight 
    Born 4 Mar 1898  Warsaw, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1936 
    Buried Greenwood Cemetery, Kent County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I21169  Jacob and Barbara (Schenk) Hoover
    Last Modified 1 Apr 2014 

    Father Alfred Samuel Blight,   b. 10 Aug 1870, Parham, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1953  (Age 82 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Lula Dency Vansicklin,   b. 23 Feb 1866, Cramahe Township, Northumberland County Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 1915, Ridgetown, Kent County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Married 5 Sep 1892  Cramahe Township, Northumberland County Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F8333  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Dorothy May,   b. 1900,   d. 1937  (Age 37 years) 
    Children 
     1. Gordon Blight,   b. 1920,   d. 1997  (Age 77 years)  [Natural]
    Last Modified 1 Apr 2014 
    Family ID F8339  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 

    • Sources IODE, Chatham Daily News (25-03-1919)
      INFORMATION FROM BOOKS OF REMEMBRANCE
      Height 5' 10"
      Eye Colour Brown
      Age 18
      Complexion Medium
      Hair Auburn
      Race White
      Birthplace Warsaw, Ontario.
      Religion Methodist
      Last Place of Employment Student at Chatham Collegiate Institute.
      Marital Status Single
      When Enlisted February 16th, 1916
      Where Enlisted Ridgetown, Ontario
      Next of Kin Father- A.S. Blight, Ridgetown, Ontario.

      Excerpt from IODE Books of Remembrance
      Private Arthur B. Blight trained with the 186th. Battalion, leaving Chatham, for overseas March 22nd, 1917. He was admitted to Hospital Shortly after his arrival, where he received treatment for five months, and was then attached to the Second Canadian Command Depot, Bramshott Camp.